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A secret US military organization rivaling the CIA has mounted intelligence-gathering missions and lethal raids not only in Afghanistan and Iraq but also in countries including the Philippines with which the United States is not at war, The Washington Post reported.

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  A lawsuit accusing former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of personal responsibility for U.S. forces allegedly torturing two American whistleblowers who worked for an Iraqi contracting firm will be allowed to move forward, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.

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A lawsuit accusing former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of personal responsibility for U.S. forces allegedly torturing two American whistleblowers who worked for an Iraqi contracting firm will be allowed to move forward, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.

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The war in Iraq led to a loss of focus on the threat from al-Qaida, emboldened the group's leader Osama bin Laden, and helped to breed a generation of homegrown terrorists, Britain's former domestic spy chief told an inquiry Tuesday.

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Sen. Joker Arroyo, chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, said he wants to know who is funding the Venable LLP contract, particularly if it is being funded by private groups.

According to the files of the US Department of Justice, Venable is still in the employ of Malacañang, which tasked it to enhance relations between the two countries.
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Members of a left-wing coalition called Iraq Solidarity Campaign carried placards saying, "End the US occupation of Iraq" — the same message delivered by hundreds of thousands of peace activists who took to the streets of Asia, Europe and the US over the weekend.
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This is according to an international animal rights group, which called on the Philippine government and the US military to take legal action on the reported shooting of stray animals by American soldiers taking part in the joint RP-US military exercises in Sulu.
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 311013 [Title] => Defense chief meets counterpart at Pentagon [Summary] => Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz Jr. and US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld met yesterday in the Pentagon to further bolster defense cooperation between the two countries.

Rosulo Manlangit, Department of National Defense public affairs director, said the discussions involved common defense interests and US military assistance to reform the Philippines’ defense capabilities.
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DEFENSE SECRETARY DONALD RUMSFELD
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A secret US military organization rivaling the CIA has mounted intelligence-gathering missions and lethal raids not only in Afghanistan and Iraq but also in countries including the Philippines with which the United States is not at war, The Washington Post reported.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 714635 [Title] => Court allows torture lawsuit against Rumsfeld [Summary] =>

  A lawsuit accusing former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of personal responsibility for U.S. forces allegedly torturing two American whistleblowers who worked for an Iraqi contracting firm will be allowed to move forward, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.

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A lawsuit accusing former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of personal responsibility for U.S. forces allegedly torturing two American whistleblowers who worked for an Iraqi contracting firm will be allowed to move forward, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-09 14:28:05 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 595042 [Title] => Ex-MI5 spy chief: No link between Iraq and 9/11 [Summary] =>

The war in Iraq led to a loss of focus on the threat from al-Qaida, emboldened the group's leader Osama bin Laden, and helped to breed a generation of homegrown terrorists, Britain's former domestic spy chief told an inquiry Tuesday.

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Sen. Joker Arroyo, chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, said he wants to know who is funding the Venable LLP contract, particularly if it is being funded by private groups.

According to the files of the US Department of Justice, Venable is still in the employ of Malacañang, which tasked it to enhance relations between the two countries.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 327360 [Title] => RP militants join global calls for US troop pullout from Iraq [Summary] => Around a hundred protesters marched to the US Embassy along Roxas Boulevard in Manila yesterday to demand that the United States pull its troops out of Iraq, joining worldwide protests marking the third anniversary of a war that has claimed countless lives.

Members of a left-wing coalition called Iraq Solidarity Campaign carried placards saying, "End the US occupation of Iraq" — the same message delivered by hundreds of thousands of peace activists who took to the streets of Asia, Europe and the US over the weekend.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 322067 [Title] => International welfare group protests GI’s shooting of stray animals [Summary] => Animals caught in the line of fire have inherent rights, too.

This is according to an international animal rights group, which called on the Philippine government and the US military to take legal action on the reported shooting of stray animals by American soldiers taking part in the joint RP-US military exercises in Sulu.
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 311013 [Title] => Defense chief meets counterpart at Pentagon [Summary] => Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz Jr. and US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld met yesterday in the Pentagon to further bolster defense cooperation between the two countries.

Rosulo Manlangit, Department of National Defense public affairs director, said the discussions involved common defense interests and US military assistance to reform the Philippines’ defense capabilities.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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